Resilient support



RESILIENT SUPPORT Filed Nov; 21, 1936 I" A u III IIII" 1 Patented May 6, 194i I 2,241,138 RESEIENT SUPPORT Maurice Francois Alexandre Jullen, Paris, France Application November a1, 1936, Serial No.

In France May 15, 1936 2 claims. (or. 248-358) tions that are necessary. In the various applications or uses oi these resilient supports it is necessary to have a very great or very small elasticity in quite a definite direction, as compared with the natural elasticity of the. resilient material.

The present invention is characterised by' means involving a certain lamination or interleaving of the elastic mass, the leaves being arranged in a suitable manner, so as to obtain the various values desired for the elasticity of the supports in the desired directions.

In the case in which a great rigidity of the support i required in certain directions the expansion or the contraction of the elastic mass is controlled in this direction by constraining it to vided around the bolt to permit relative movements of the resilient layer with respect to the bolt. The plate 1 is also provided with an opening I 4 for the passage of the bolt i0. The bolt l0 obviously localises the fatigue at the edges of the central hole in the support. If it is desired to have weak lateral displacements of the motor in relation to the frame, and at the same time a great rigidity in the direction of the axis of the bolt, relatively thin plates ll may be adopted, which are arranged around the hole through which the bolt l0 passes.

The resilient layer or rubber block 3 is thus divided into layers in the immediate vicinity of the opening I! by the embedded plates ll. Thus relatively great lateral displacements of the bolt l0 are possible while the support provides considerable rigidity in the direction of the axis of remain adherent to certain metallic surfaces dividing the mass into leaves or laminations. The

leaves are embedded in the mass of resilient material and are flat without any appreciable thickness.- The elastic sheets have no connection with the framework or with the object to be supported otherwise than through the medium of the elastic mass.

Further features and objects of the invention In the drawing the arrangement according to the invention is illustrated in section.

Referring to the drawing there is shownat I a plate which may be attached to a-frame at the points 8 well distributed over its surface,

while the plate I is connected to a vibrating member, as in a motor for example, through the medium of a bolt III. A rubber block or layer of resilient material 3 is arranged between the plates 1 and 9 and the rubber block is secured to the faces of these plates. The rubber block is provided with an opening I! through which the bolt llextends. The opening it is larger than the bolt so that an annular space is prothe bolt.

I claim:

1. A resilient mounting for a vibrating member so a to be capable of relatively great lateral displacementsand relatively small displacements in a plane substantially at right angles to the lateral displacements comprising in combination two supporting plates arranged parallel to one another, a layer of resilient material connecting said plates, one of said plates being fixed to a frame and having an opening therein and the resilient material having an opening therein,

means passing through said openings for connecting the other of said plates to the vibrating member, and relatively thin plates embedded in the resilient material in the region of the opening only permitting freedom oi movement in directions parallel to said plates.

2. A resilient mounting for a vibrating member capable of relatively great lateral displacements and relatively small displacements in a plane substantially at right angles tothe lateral displacements comprising in combination, two supporting plates arranged substantially parallel to one another, a rubber block connecting faces of saidplates, one of said plates being adapted to be ilxed to a 'frame and having an opening therein and the rubber block having an opening therein, a bolt passing through said openings for connecting the other plate to a vibrating member, and relatively thin substantially parallel plates arranged in the rubber block in the vicinity of the opening only permitting freedom of movement or the rubber block in directions parallel to said plates.

MAURICE FRANCO 

